Spirit Ascension Platform, Annihilating the Nether Wolf Pack

The life force within Eastsea Park had already greatly surprised Lin Jin.

But now, after entering the Spirit Ascension Platform,

the abundant life force and the refreshing feeling in the air still left Lin Jin deeply shaken.

"So realistic."

Lin Jin marveled.

This was practically the ideal state of virtual reality from the world he had once lived in.

It was utterly astonishing.

After taking a deep breath, Lin Jin suppressed his emotions and looked around.

His clothes, Storage Ring, and everything else had remained unchanged.

The only difference was a metal instrument on the back of his left hand.

A red button stood prominently in the middle of the device.

If he encountered an emergency, all he had to do was press it to leave the Spirit Ascension Platform.

Although death within the Spirit Ascension Platform would usually not endanger one's life,

the pain suffered was very real.

For those with weak minds, a mental breakdown was hardly unusual.

"Unfortunately, entry locations in the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform are random."

"I need to find Senior Sister as soon as possible."

Lin Jin muttered as his Spiritual Power at the Late Spirit Connection Realm spread outward, probing ahead.

However, he did not slow down.

Within the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform, Spirit Beasts were mainly ten-year and hundred-year ones.

Those who had just been teleported in were generally placed in the Outer Zone, where the chances of encountering danger were low.

Hiss! Hiss!

The sound of a venomous snake flicking its tongue suddenly rang out.

Immediately afterward, a venomous snake just over a meter long, covered in emerald patterns, shot toward him.

Lin Jin had already detected the trace of this Jade Phosphorous Serpent, which was less than a hundred years old.

Thus, he did not panic.

With a flick of his hand, the Cloud Titanium Forging Hammer appeared from his Storage Bracelet.

Crimson and orange flames spread over it.

He brought the hammer down.

With a boom, the dual-colored flames exploded.

The Jade Phosphorous Serpent's mangled body burst into charred fragments, only to turn into specks of light and dissipate the next instant.

At the same time, a strand of white energy condensed and drifted toward Lin Jin.

Inside the Spirit Ascension Platform,

one-tenth of every slain Spirit Beast's cultivation would transform into Spiritual Power.

Spiritual Power was the key to improving a Spirit Soul.

The growth of a Spirit Soul was in turn related to the number of Spirit Rings a Spirit Master possessed.

The cultivation contained within absorbed Spiritual Power would be evenly divided among every Spirit Ring.

In other words, if he killed a Spirit Beast with a hundred years of cultivation,

the Spiritual Power it produced would possess ten years of cultivation.

After the Spirit Soul absorbed it, because Lin Jin had two Spirit Rings, those ten years of Spiritual Power would be evenly distributed between them.

The Spirit Soul's Spiritual Power cultivation would therefore only increase by five years.

It could be said that

the more Spirit Rings one had, the harder it became for a Spirit Soul to improve.

And at the very moment the Spiritual Power formed,

the Fire Elemental Sprite appeared of her own accord. As if she had discovered something delicious, her eyes lit up.

She swallowed the white energy in one gulp.

A yearning expression immediately appeared on the Fire Elemental Sprite's face.

Her meaning seemed to be: I want more!

Lin Jin reached out and tapped her head, smiling.

"There'll be more. I'll definitely let you eat your fill."

He was very confident.

He knew very well what powerful beings existed within this Primary Spirit Ascension Platform.

Other than the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear with roughly three thousand years of cultivation,

he was completely confident he could handle the rest.

He continued onward.

One Spirit Beast after another was slain.

The Fire Elemental Sprite absorbed one cluster of white energy after another.

After being divided between two Spirit Rings, each cluster of Spiritual Power increased the Fire Elemental Sprite's cultivation by less than five years.

Lin Jin could only keep moving forward.

After killing several more ten-year Spirit Beasts, he finally encountered his first hundred-year Spirit Beast.

It was even a Nether Wolf King with more than five hundred years of cultivation.

Nether Wolves were pack-dwelling Spirit Beasts.

Under its command were two Nether Wolves just over a hundred years old, along with more than twenty ten-year Nether Wolves.

"Awooo!"

With a wolf howl, the Nether Wolf pack launched an attack without hesitation.

However, the Nether Wolf King did not move immediately and instead watched from the side with predatory eyes.

It was clearly assessing Lin Jin's strength and searching for an opportunity.

"Such high intelligence?"

A flicker of surprise appeared in Lin Jin's eyes.

Then he charged forward, hammering down again and again, sending one Nether Wolf after another bursting into specks of light.

"Awooo!"

With another howl, the Nether Wolf King was clearly enraged.

The wolf pack's attacks became even fiercer.

But at that moment, two Yellow Halos rose around Lin Jin.

The lowest ring lit up.

Five Lotus Flower Flames bloomed around Lin Jin's body.

Five streams of fire erupted, then spun violently.

Every Nether Wolf apart from the Nether Wolf King was instantly harvested.

Two clusters of yellow light and more than twenty streaks of white light drifted toward Lin Jin.

The Fire Elemental Sprite cheered as she swallowed them, one cluster at a time.

Meanwhile, Lin Jin fixed his gaze on the Nether Wolf King, which had also been severely injured earlier.

The Nether Wolf King wailed, but rather than fear him, it viciously dragged its scorched body forward and pounced.

After a few running steps, Lin Jin leaped high into the air.

A Dual-Colored Lotus bloomed atop the Cloud Titanium Forging Hammer before crashing down at high speed.

Bang!

The Nether Wolf King's head turned into specks of light and vanished.

A denser cluster of yellow light condensed, and the Fire Elemental Sprite swallowed it in one bite.

Rustle!

Rustle!

Before Lin Jin could even catch his breath,

undercurrents had begun stirring through the surrounding forest.

The battle from earlier had clearly drawn the attention of other Spirit Beasts.

At this moment, he had become the target of all.

Lin Jin's expression changed slightly.

This time, his expenditure had not actually been very great.

After all, from beginning to end, he had used only one Spirit Skill.

But he could not possibly remain where he was and wait for the Spirit Beasts to surround him.

That would be an extremely unwise thing to do.

Moreover, nearly an hour had passed since entering the Spirit Ascension Platform, yet he still had not found Mu Xi.

That kept him from putting his mind at ease.

Without hesitation,

Lin Jin quickly left the scene.

Fortunately, this was not a period of unrest in the Spirit Ascension Platform. Spiritual Power was absorbed quickly, so there was no need to spend much time waiting.

Otherwise, he truly would have been reluctant to leave just like that.

Elsewhere,

as a Three-Ring Spirit Venerable,

and with the Blazing Sun Martial Soul being fairly powerful in its own right,

Mu Xi was actually among the stronger group of Spirit Masters who had entered the Primary Spirit Ascension Platform from Eastsea City this time.

And after entering the Spirit Ascension Platform,

the first thing she did was the same as Lin Jin: search for him.

Unfortunately,

Mu Xi was not as lucky as Lin Jin.

Along the way, most of the Spirit Beasts she encountered had been at the hundred-year level.

After an hour had passed, she had already killed eight hundred-year Spirit Beasts.

Although many of them had relatively low cultivation,

she normally devoted most of her energy to forging. While she had an excellent foundation, combat truly was not something she excelled at.

After all that fighting, she had still suffered injuries.

Moreover, she had expended quite a bit.

"A Jin, where exactly are you?"

Mu Xi frowned.

Then she sighed.

"I should recover first. Otherwise, even if I find A Jin, I won't be able to protect him."

With that thought, she silently adjusted her breathing to recover.

However, before she could rest for long, the ground began to tremble.